“Community banks are the backbone of small business in America. We are going to preserve our community banks.” President Donald J. Trump REDUCING UNNECESSARY REGULATORY BURDENS: President Donald J. Trump supports legislation to streamline and appropriately tailor our Nation’s financial regulations. President Trump supports the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155),
“Optimism about the availability of good jobs has grown by 25 percentage points since Donald Trump was elected president.” Optimism About Availability of Good Jobs Hits New Heights By Jim Norman Gallup May 21, 2018 Sixty-seven percent of Americans believe that now is a good time to find a quality job in the U.S., the
“I have pledged to our Armed Forces to have their backs, and that means providing for our military spouses as well.” President Donald J. Trump ENHANCING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR NATION’S MILITARY FAMILIES: Today, President Trump issued an executive order to enhance opportunities for military spouses looking for employment in the Federal Government. President Trump has
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its monthly Employment Situation Report showing that nonfarm payroll employment rose by 164,000 jobs in April 2018. The U.S. remains in the longest consecutive monthly job growth streak on record, and job growth for 2018 is averaging 200,000 jobs per month. More than 2.7 million jobs have been
Under President Trump, small businesses are showing historic optimism, increasing wages, and planning to expand. CNBC: After a Full Year of Trump, Main Street Is Poised to Go on a Hiring Spree “With a full year of data from the CNBC/SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey now in, it’s become clear that on Main Street business
The U.S. economy set a new record last week. During the week ending April 21, just 209,000 Americans applied to receive unemployment insurance (UI) payments. The last time initial UI claims were this low was the week ending December 6, 1969—less than five months after Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon. Here’s
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY): “Today’s Opportunity Zones announcement is another reason why tax reform is good for Kentucky families and our state’s economy. Opportunity Zones will breathe new life into struggling communities left behind by Obama-era policies. From coal country to farming communities and everywhere in between, overregulation was holding our economy and
Photo By Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons President Trump wrote a special message, originally published in USA Today this tax day. “This is the last year Americans will fill out outdated, complicated tax forms. In the years ahead, because I signed one of the largest tax cuts in history and the most sweeping tax reform in
“We want companies to hire and grow in America, to raise wages for American workers, and to help rebuild American cities and towns. When we grow American manufacturing, we don’t only grow our jobs and wages, but we also grow America’s spirit.” President Donald J. Trump OUTDATED AND UNNECESSARY BARRIERS TO GROWTH: Aspects of the
“No longer will we allow the infrastructure of our magnificent country to crumble and decay. While protecting the environment, we will build gleaming new roads, bridges, railways, waterways, tunnels, and highways.” President Donald J. Trump IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS: President Trump’s Administration is working together to improve and streamline environmental reviews for major infrastructure projects. Federal
